Balloon kite



.ILM. ALLISON.

BALLOON KITE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-12.19%.

1,43%515, Patented 00a 17, 11922.

Patented ll'Z,

entries stares laildtfilti earl-"ear JAMES M. ALLISON, 0F INDIANAIOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EVERETT W. TROOK, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BALLOON KITE.

Application filed September 12, 1921.

To all 10710121, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Litres M. ALLisoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at lndianapolis, in the county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Balloon Kites, of which the following is a specificatlon.

The object of this invention is to provlde a kite for the amusement of children, the display of advertisements, and the like, with means for raising it into the air from limited areas, such as a balcony or house top, or from a small yard, in cities and other localities where the room ordinarily required for successful kite raising and flying is not available.

A further object is to stabilize the kite in windy weather, and to give it greater carrying capacity at all times.

I accomplish the above, and other ob ects which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows the apparatus in front elevation, with the kite-cover broken away in part to better illustrate the kite frame.

The frame of the kite will be varied to suit the desired shape, and for the shape here shown it comprises a vertical stick 1, above the middle of which is a cross stick 2, securely fastened to the stick 1 at their intersections. At the upper end of stick 1 is a second cross stick 3 which is shorter than the first cross stick 2, and like the latter, is securely fastened at its intersection with stick l to the stick 1. The ends of the sticks 2 and 3 and of the lower end of stick 1 are suitably notched to provide recesses to receive and hold a marginal string 4- that goes entirely around. said sticks. The frame thus formed is covered with paper, cloth. or other suitable material 5, which is pasted at its edges around and to the strings.

Suitable bands 6 have their ends fastened to the sticks and meet at 7 where the kite string 8 is attached thereto.

The usual kite-tail 9 is tied to the bottom end of the kite.

Formed in the cover 5, at the ends of the cross stick 3, are eyelets 10, 10, in which the Serial No. 500,079.

respective hooks 11, 11, are engaged. These hooks are at the ends of suspension straps 12, 12, preferably formed out of elastic rubber and the hooks are secured to the latter.

The opposite ends of the straps 12, 12, are cemented or otherwise suitably and securely fastened to the walls of a balloon 13. This balloon is preferably made out of rubber and is double conoidal in shape, that shape being adapted to present the minimum resistance to the lateral movements of the kite suspended from it when righting itself after being disturbed by conflicting air currents. The balloon is inflated with any suitable lighter-than-air gas, through a nipple 1 1 which is afterwards tied or closed in a gas tight manner.

Rotatably mounted on the ends of the stick 2 which are appropriately extended for this purpose, are the wind wheels 15, 15, formed with blades which rotate under suitable wind pressure and thereby assist in stabilizing the kite by resisting its tendency to dart through the air, under wind conditions which frequently arise.

I have thus shown and described the preferred form of my invention as now known to me, but variations in the shape of the balloon, and of the kite and of the connecting means between the two, and other details are obviously susceptible of variation without departure from the spirit of my invention and I therefore do not desire to be limited to the precise form here shown. or any more than is required by the appended claim.

I claim:

The combination, of an elongated balloon with tapering ends. a kite comprising a frame and a cover, the kite and balloon being substantially in the same plane, a manually operated controlling string attached to the kite, and a plurality of wind-wheels attached to the kite on the right and left thereof rotating in planes parallel with the kite string.

Signed at Indianapolis, Indiana, this the 10th day of September, 1921.

JAMES M. ALLISON, 

